Ambrose Manaton (1589 – 1 June 1651) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1624 and 1640. He supported the

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side in the

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. Manaton was the second son of Peter Manaton of Trecarrell in

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and his wife Ann Edgecumbe, daughter of Pierce Edgecumbe of Mount Edgecumbe. In 1621 Manaton was elected

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for Bossiney. He was elected MP for Tregoney in 1624. In 1627, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He became a master of chancery extraordinary and

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of Launceston.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Mab-Marygold', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 956-982. Date accessed: 5 May 2012
/ref> Manaton was next elected as MP for Launceston in April 1640 for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the

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and sat until 1641 when he was disabled for supporting King Charles I. Manaton was created D.C.L. at the

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on 21 March 1644. He entertained King Charles at his house in 1644.James Venning ''An illustrated postal directory with map and historical notices, of twenty parishes in East Cornwall, for the new century. From A.D. 449 to 1901''
/ref> Manaton died in 1651 and was buried at

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, where his monument displayed the arms of Manaton and Reskymer, and Manaton and Edgcombe. Manaton married as his second wife Jane Mapowder daughter of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy, Devon. Their sons Ambrose and

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were both subsequently Members of Parliament.David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley ''The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Volume 2''
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1589 births 1651 deaths People from Launceston, Cornwall Politicians from Cornwall Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1640 (April) {{Cornwall-stub